Carlsbad Cave National Monument -- Executive Order

Executive Order No. 3984

It is hereby ordered, under authority of the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 497), that the public lands in the following described area in the State of New Mexico be, and the same are hereby, temporarily withdrawn subject to the conditions of said acts, for classification and pending determination as to the advisability of reserving the same for national park or monument purposes:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

In T. 25 S., R. 22 E., Secs. 24, 25, 35 and 36;
In T. 26 S., R. 22 E., Secs. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 19 to 36, inclusive;
In T. 24 S., R. 23 E., Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35 and 36;
All T. 25 S., R. 23 E.;
In T. 26 S., R. 23 E., Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, 16 to 26, inclusive, and 28 to 33, inclusive;
In T. 24 S., R. 24 E., Secs. 25 to 35, inclusive;
In T. 25 S., R. 24 E., Secs. 1, to 18, inclusive;
In T. 24 S., R. 25 E., Secs. 29, 30, NE¼, E½, NW¼ and S½ Sec. 31, all Sec. 32;
In T. 25 S., R. 25 E., Secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 17 and 18.

Provided, That this withdrawal shall not prevent or preclude the use of these lands, or any of them, for grazing or other analogous purposes temporary in character and not inconsistent with the purpose of this order.

CALVIN COOLIDGE

THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 2, 1924